Awake Zion

Awake Zion explores the connections between Rasta Reggae and Judaism through one womans beatladen adventure into the meaning of identity All the way back to the alleged sultry affair between the Jewish King Solomon and the African Queen of Sheba Jewish influence is evident in the spiritual history of Ethiopia turning up subtly in Rastafarian lifestyle and then inevitably in reggae Unravelling the story of this unlikely kinship Awake Zion unites Jewish and Jamaican musicians scholars and historians in a celebration roots and culture traveling from Crown Heights Brooklyn where Caribbean and Jewish cultures share a history of adversity to Jamaica the birthplace of reggae and ultimately to Israel where a sizzling reggae scene thrives today Awake Zion examines the preconceptions of what it means to be Jewish what it means to be Rasta what it means to be white or black and most importantly the universal search for what it means to be home